Written question asked by Andrew Cooper (Labour) on Monday, 2 December 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 December 2024 (named day). It was answered by Catherine McKinnell (Labour) on Thursday, 5 December 2024 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Class Sizes

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average (a) primary and (b) secondary school class size was in (i) Mid Cheshire constituency, (ii) Cheshire and (iii) England in each of the last five years.

Answer: The department publishes annual statistics on class sizes in state-funded schools in England here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics. The England averages for the most recent five years are available in the ‘Class size’ section of the publication. Comparable figures for local authorities can be found in files in the data catalogue or displayed via the interactive table tool. Figures for parliamentary constituencies can be calculated from the school level files listed under the heading ‘Additional supporting files’ for each annual publication. Data on parliamentary constituencies use boundaries as they were when the statistics were last published for January 2024. Statistics using new boundaries will be available in the next publication of the series in June 2025.

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